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Chapter 760: Kiran's surprise: (3/3)

Chapter 760: Kiran's surprise: (3/3)

Kiran Pujari signing in as the Cabinet Minister of the empire and giving up his post as the Marshal was like a Magnitude 9 earthquake spreading across the empire. 

"How could this happen? How did the Marshal accept it so readily?" 

"These stupid politicians' schemes have worked really well, Damn!!!"

"The Marshal is being too kind-hearted even after being backstabbed. He should have at least taught some ministers a lesson."

The surprise was not only from the people but also from the commanders of the empire—Ramayya Senapathi, Narasimha Nayak, Yogendra Singh, Lachit Borphukan, Akhil, Sarvesh, and others. 

Even Gangadhar, who was newly sworn in as the Marshal of the empire, was also a little confused about how things had reached this point. One day, when he was looking at the commotion in the empire like an outsider, he was asked by the emperor's office to take up the post as the Marshal of the empire, given that he was naturally the second in command even when Kiran held power. 

A lot of people wanted to know what His Majesty did to make Kiran so willingly give up his power, which was second only to one person. 

However, no one was more surprised and shocked than the newspaper companies, who were writing all sorts of rumors and conspiracy theories on the front page to increase their viewership, as well as the leaders in the military, whose voices had jumped up a bit too high during the past three weeks.

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March 20th, 1662 

In Vijay's office gathered all the heads of the three intelligence departments, as well as major lawyers from the top law firms of the empire. 

They were all looking at Vijay with bated breath as they had no clue why they were called. 

Vijay was not in a hurry to explain. He casually talked with them and made some small talk. This went on for half an hour, after which Vijay finally felt like the time was right. 

"THUD!" 

He slammed down several documents onto the table and motioned at the lawyers, asking them to take a look. 

The lawyers picked up the files one by one and opened them carefully. To their surprise, it was a litigation document. 

"Your Majesty, this...?" Janaki Vishwas, one of the top lawyers in the empire and the owner of Vishwas Law Firm, asked in surprise. 

Vijay nodded, motioning for everyone to look further. "I am filing a case against all the newspaper companies and media groups that have publicized false narratives to show the empire's military and government in a bad light." 

"I need all of you to represent me in the case and help me bring down these unscrupulous media companies." 

The lawyers kept gently nodding. This much they could understand after reading the document, but they were confused. Why had His Majesty not done this in a much easier way by simply getting those unscrupulous newspapers arrested? Why go through such a tedious process as filing a complaint in the court of law? 

Vijay, from their expressions, could somewhat understand what they were thinking, but he did not explain. He didn't want this incident to be a show of his power, which everyone in the empire knew very well, but rather to introduce the empire to the power of the courts.